ashpit

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English

Alternative forms

ash pit

Etymology

From ash +‎ pit.

Noun

ashpit (plural ashpits)

A pit for the disposal of ashes.
- 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC:
  I hid my books in the long grass near the ashpit at the end of the garden where nobody ever came and hurried along the canal bank.
(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".

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